Percentages aren't always easy to calculate, but one of the best tools in Excel's toolbox is calculating percentages for you. Here's how to do it.

Microsoft Excel has dozens of preset formulas for many types of mathematical calculations, but compounding interest isn't one of them. To calculate the future value of a single amount compounded ...

Here's how to find and calculate the amount of preferred stock outstanding from a company's balance sheet.

Learn how to calculate the net present value (NPV) of your investment projects using Excel's XNPV function.

How to Use Excel to Calculate the ROI on a Product. "Return on investment" is a financial calculation used to gauge how well the money you invest earns you even more money.

If, for example, you wanted to calculate your returns after taxes, you could input the amount of taxes due in the table as a negative number to recalculate an after-tax return.

At the sheet level, conditional running totals require focused expressions, but an Excel PivotTable requires only a few field swaps. Susan Harkins shows you how.